The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-03 00:00:00

%ro w I n teat tl bY 'dnc.e — • in her conventions with other . erg ; ner the personal indignities offered td rincts in alliance with or related' to her - Royal Fa n'„ily nor, finally, the p re p on d eranc e and want T cat Just reviprocity whiCh v. ere manifested in retard or the incessant condesceniinn of the Spanish Go veroutent. " It would be a task too laborious and prolik to enUnlerate all the grievances it- which Spain has , to •,e4se"i'laitt. , the c ourse o f a f ew years, she has er l the King of the Two Sictlies, the brother of Sovereign, dethroned . ; has seen her own inter est a bandoned at Amiens, the Cabinet of Paris con that she . should lose the island of Trinidad, r :lough it had promised the contrary; in recompence v~~her faithful co - operation in a ruinous war, solely ..,"Tlclertalten fur th e cause of France ; she h as repeat '!!`l3seen the independence of Portugal threatened, order to furnish an occasion for exacting heavy involvihg Spain in _her differences with that I)r)w er Spain, with extreme regret, resolved to ,i)eirsue a line of conduct contrary to the real senti -I..triPtc et her Sm;ereign, in order to avert the total' of that kingdom. She has seen. the French yen -intent imperieusly exael the recession of the ::uportant colony of Louisiana, with the intention, s has since appeared, of:transferring it, for a c oesideration, to a ,third Power, with ou t 0.: Knowledge or ct'Ansent of Spain. Sh e •h a s . seen Pen'sit e aS e t sa h ". recompence for this and othe r ex crifices, and for the States. of Parma, of ate hit of Sp a i n was despoiled, the preca 1-„u3 Posse ss i on of Tuscany to the Prince of Parma, th the intention or depriving him also of that in e se.)uel, under the pretence of assigning him a cci at'nlpensatiu the North of Portugal, whicre - h i r .e neither had the power nor intention to e lz e• Pinally, at a more recent period, when an 1,.!"" firout hedespotically ruled( he Menarchy, she beti his mad ambition flattered with illusive and t promises, in o r d er to h er own dismember tut,, er subjugation. Ofi the other Band the dules: imposed on Spa -111 ePrnmer ce iti th e p orts of France, lave been t,gnien'ted beytind all bounds, w hil s t t h e indernni es due to the Crown have been constantly refused, aeudeVery re nionstrance upon the subject t o t a lly neg .alecL In the Mead time, Spain quietly delivered t's squad r O ns, an d placed her troops at the dis- t ,al of F rance, opened her treasures, and consented :. t he pay ment of subsidies, to prevent a rupture be" • England, w hi ch, nevertheless, she. has since - ,,e l° unable to avert ; an d notw i t h standing the ridi t7Lts o stentation with which the French Govern ilatatits, that one o f i ts primary objects is to i e 7 v rdn , cl " rl ise and recOriiperice its allies, Spai n; t he most le lll , the most faithltil of all, has been sacrificed, civerished; and treat e d worse t h an a perfidious e ntre'. ed 00 must ° many and so grea t outrages .and in j uries have lon g s i nce opened the eyes of the Govern ut, had i t not unfortunately beep Melte hands of I,arl i nfamous autho r o f the Treaty of 1796, D on 4uel.Godoi. 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L U N D 0 N, S ATURDAY, D'ECgI\LBEIt 3, 28 t L AST ni g h t Spanish papers to the 27th ult. reached 0• 4.11 ' The intelli ge n ce w hi c h t h ey contain from that nvral Artny is not of so late a date as e wil ith we yesterday c o mmun i cate d to ou'r the aders, Tife battle between the Spaniards and Fieoehi Viuixntr d t i l a Barquera, is stated tot ld . be taken place rei the 24th, and to have tertut bliated favourably to the Spaniards, as the French had e Nt fri retreat. if we may give credit to some : at e letters which have been received from Ma. ` 4ll d, th e operations on the Ebro had tendered th'e retreat of Marshal NEY absolutely necessary. .The se letters state that the Spanish Army had Illt4 eOced. offensive operations, 14 passing the Ebr o 't l three different points, and driving the Frebeh ron l 'el l . strong positions' of Ca arroyo. If thi s l'ews I *. true, the retreat of Marshal NEY is easily lecontited for. We stated some days ago :that the 'dratice of the French centre, with a powerful and i inhrnken-artyry on its in ky was 3 111"03t dangerous' imanceuvre, and undoubtedly eft of the Fr , re dly a serious reverse on the ' w °uld .expose Marshal NEY to the danger of being cut off We have strong reason to believe, that the account of the attack tipoll Cal'ar toso is true, becJuse we know that such an attack wag intended ; indeed, it was absolutely necessary 44 t)f .enable th e diff erent divisions of the Spanish Army I f Arrago n t o effea a junaion. Th ereare some reports , rALlvrox had superseded Cas - rANos in the COCII- Ili4 ld of the army, but we know not whether they lr e e ntitled to any Credit. City was yesterday very curr en tly re p orte d i n the that Austria and the Porte had declared War 'T4lll3t France, and it was added that a Messenge ti ad -.arrived Crs)m Vienna with the intelligence.= : .11Itut e latter part of thi s report i s certainly unfounded, writ we are strongly inclined` to think that a rupture thorily tike place between Austria and France, ' ln d our op i nion is founded upon a consideration of 1 ) e pr ecar i ous situation in which Austria is placed. 4 lkoz.lAr.kart3 should succeed against Spain, there : )fla t exist the slightest doubt in the tnirld of IlYnt that he would instantly turn, his arms . . against Austria. Climmon seti:te; ire should tub. pose, therefore; would 'diEtate to the Emperor FRAI4i. • crs the policy of contending_ with Franr'e ((or c on tend he must, and that too for his existence) while considerable part of her force is employed in Spain; rather than of waiting, in order to contend with her The Letters from Malta t: occur . in stating, that there is every probability of a - good nnderstanding being restored between Great Britain and Austria.. DISPATCHES were t his morning received from Hon duras, which state that the Governor of the Spanish' Province of Yucatan had publicly declared his intention of resisting the usurpation of BuoNA-' PARTP, and of making a common cause with the mother Country, in support of the rights of PEEDINAND VII. The best understanding !pre , - vails between the British and Spaniards in thatquar- ter. • 'WE received this morning German Papers to the 19th ult. The following are the most imeresting articles they contain : CONSTA NTINOPLE, OCT. 15.,—An English Minis ter (ADAIR), arrived at the Archipelago, and en- , deavoured to obtain leave of the Cotntnandant of the Castles of the Lower Dardanelles to proceed to Con stantinople, but, by the order of the Grand Vizier, the said Commandant gave a negative answer to the English. The armistice with . Russia still cohtinues, and will, to all appearance, continue till next Spring, when political affairs will probably take a decided turn:--(Correspondenten.) BANKS OF THE ELBE, Nov. t B.—The remainder of the French troops which were in Holstein, con-. tinue to arrive at Hamburgh, and frOm thence pro;. teed to Prince, via Hanover, &c. . The King of Denmark still continues at Schleswig, and will, it is thought, pass the winter there. The French troops have not yet evacuated Berlin, nor other parts of the mark of Brandenburgh. On the Alt instant the Seventh Dutch Regi-, nient eiribarled . at Altona for Hamburgh, and, soon march from thence to Bremen and Holland ; yesterday it was replaced by the eighth Dutch Re giment frotn Lubeck. The garrison of the Hanse Towns will, it is said, in future, consist entirely of French Troops, of whoM large detachments pass , almost daily, through Hamburgh on their return to France. The,paragraph under the head of " Constanti noplei,' Oa. IS," is said to have been inserted in the Corre,;pondent of this day,. by the command of the Fiench authdrities at Hat - abut!). It is said that the Vienna Court Gazette does not contain a syllable tin this head. • We remain without Letters or Papers from Swe den, Russia, and Austria, probably owing to .the badness of the roads. Marshal BERNADOTTE has lately received a Courier from Paris, since which he lias been pfeparing for his departure for France. His health of late has been very inditf2rent, and he has long complained of a northern climate, and solicited to be removed to a milder one.. His horses and car riages, of which the City of Hamburgh was obliged to make him a present (besides an enormOus 801 in gold weekly), will be §olcf by public auelion, He will be sfieceeded in his comntrnd by DAVOUST (Duke - tif Auerstadt), whose troops will have eyki. coated the whole of Prussia and Brandenbargh in a very few days. BERLIN, Not. read the following Re script of the Royal Cabinet of the Civil Commis sioners-General of the Provinces hitherto occupied by the French troops, removingall doubts as to their speedy evacuation :-- " FREDE,I2Id WILL:IA4, Eke. ". We have caused you to be informed by the Ministry, under date of the f..ted. ultimo, that the evacuation of our dothinions, by the French troops and the restoration of the Administration • of the Country, should take place by the f4th, of the present month at farthest the preparations for the purpose arc already so far advanCed, /hat the. ev=acuation has even now been ordered, and will be eifeCted as promptly as the remoteness of the separate corps, and the possibility of ptocurinefransports,vill admit; • and shall' be completed by the . s•th of next month at farthest; The public chests, hitherto ad ministered unto by the French GoVernthent, will be restored to our fundionaries on the 18th inst. as far as the adurii.istration of the French functionaries, in case of the troops baying marched sooner, shall not really,liaVe ceased before that day ; •yOtt have, there; fore, to take the most speedy measures in your distriet, and earnestly to take, card and to charge especially your subaltern Officers to a& in the same wanner as the Imperial Authorities, to condha the marching of the troop with older and regular dis cipline, and on our part too; that there be no cause of Complaint, and :hat a friendly hartn-ony may prevail with the French Authorities. and Troops; With cOrp , fidence we request of the. inhabitants of our Ca pital and resident" of &din a n d of the Pio. vincas, that they will inaintain with , joint . en. de.avours• to preserve order and pliblice .1 tran quillity against di.sturberS, and prove their attach ment and 6bedienCe to us, as praise -worthy of them selves, and beneficial to the welfar e Of th e i r cOtintry: , 13y his Majesiy'i Special '6inifnalid,, Berlin, Nov. v." • FttANKPotiT, N0v. 1 6:-04 the '4th inst, sortie Adjutants of Marshal . DAVOUST passed through this place on'their way .to Mentz : two•regiments of ca valry have also passed through . this city; the passage of troops will continue . till the 4th of December. A Russian. Courier from Paris has gene through heie to St. Petersburgh.., • • On the 4th' Marshal . LAt4l4Egr* tlu page passed through this place, and this day Marshal KELLER MAN returned from Hanau. LEMBURGII, Oc•r. 15,—A detachment of Rus sian Cavalry, consisting of . 1000 horses and one of Saxons of 5.00,. destined to do cavalry duty, passed through this place some time since; on their march from IVldidavia. „ .A traveller, who has arrived from Russia, says, that there . ii'a Russian 'lmperial Army of 8000 men, in the neighbourhood of Bender. MuNicti, Nov. I.—This instant a Courier Ex traordinary from Con s t an ti no pl e . i s passing throni this eity to Paris. He says, that at his departure the most perfect, tranquillity prevailed in that capital,. and all apprehensions of the plague's breaking out were unfounded. ” VIENNA . , N0v...5.-- , —The day after the .muster of the siT.—Militia Battalionsr of this Metropolis, the Archduke CHARLES sent the folloWing letter to the Archduke MAXIMILIAN, charged with the organiza tion-of the Militia in Lower Austria. • lam infinitely obliged to you, dear Prince, for having been witness of the . patriotic zeal by which yon,form the. citizens of Austria, of every class, for the defence of their beloved country with pleasure I see the rapid progress they' have made already i❑ the use of arms : I feel with the inmost animation what 'Austria has to expel of her sons, faithfully combined, when they shall in days' of danger join those whose professions oblige them to the constant• duty of defending these States. • " It is a heart-exalting, sight of a good noble peo ple,:cOnscious of their dignity and energy, to join logether.to preserve their independence and happy constitution under the government of a mild and just Alonarch. " I cannot forbear manifesting - my wish of ex pressing my grateful sentiments to the respealable Citizens whom I saw collected yesterday for military exercise; and how could I do it'better than by the organ of hint whose warm zeal and patriotic adi- . vity is one of the most efficacious springs ofour re generated national energy. , I request you, therefore, dear Prince, to be pleased to assure all the battalions „of the iVienna Militia of my signal approbation ' of my respe&, and of that lively concern I shall feel I'm them on every occasion." BERLIN, Nov. I 5.--4)ur Papers say, that the DUke of OLDENBURGY has joined the Rhenish Con federation at Erfurth ; and will furniSh a contingent Of 800 men.—(Carrespontlenten.) 'BANKS OF THE MAINE, Nov. 12.---General BOU DET is now at Frant:kfort, through which city the detachments of his corps are marching. The Westphalian artny, now estimated at 30,000 men, is to be augmented to 40;000 . . • " According to Public Journals, the Royal Family of Spain is still at Aix, where it is thought they will pass the winter. AUQSBURGII, Nov. 10.—Last night Count MET TERNICH, Austrian Ambassadot, at Paris, passed through this city to Vienna, where he will only stay. a short time on family business, and' then return, i to Paris. ii.oNtOspottou,.Cto.r. itt.—The Excise-toll De paitment of this City has received the toildwing or ders &oil) the Kitig • ‘c Under the present political' situation of Spain and Portugal, by which these Empires: participate no frit'ther in the continental system, it cannot any longerb6 permitted, that commerce be carried on with either of these Countries by the subjeasOf Prnisia, or that any kind of communication be kept up with them. You, have therefore to .. take care that no' Vessels clear for Spain or Portugal,. whether in ballast, or in goods,' and that those Ships which come from those countries be put under se: questration, and that a' report' of it be immediately sent to us'. " Ati knglish Ship of War still Continues to cruize Off the harbour ofPillau. She sent a sloop on shore some few days ago, requesting fresh water, which yias, hoWever, peremptorily refused her." .....•1.61.••••••• Yestet&y a Cabinet Ccauncil was held at the t'o feig4l °thee. The whole of the Members. were present. Their sitting commenced before three, and was not' closed until after six o'cloek. The 2d, battalion of the 63d, the 4th battalion of fhb Royalg,: the Royal Coinwall, and Royal West moteland Reginieu4 of Militia; are quartereci• st Cheladorth' iN;iIAVAL NEWS. l i LYMOUTII, .--Sailed the Trig Sr'l of . War, with a -brae Fleet bf Met . c'hanttneh n trinvoy, for the Downs; L'Aigk Frigate, aod •• : 7 zi)ffnd Sloop of War, on a cruize to the Wt st w The Vile de Piais, of 110 guns; xiient Out, of Harhoui yesterday, and anchored in Caw,and Boy. DEAL, bib. 2.—Arrived the Pu'rious frOm off Fltishing ; Brisk Sloop from Ireland ; and Gloinmen Sloop from the Coast of France. Sailed the Standard, of •'74 guns, tbr the Nord Zeb?a tomb kir Woolwich and Paz Schooner for SheerneSs. . SHEERNESS, DEC. e.—Carne down the• River, Majesty's Ship Blake,- of 74 guns; Capt.. CODRIN6- TON ; the Blake is a new Ship, built entirely witl foreign oak. Came• down, likewise, tlie - Bolphin .Store-ship; and Depy - brds Tender, Lieut.ANTll,ol, _with men' for the Blake. • Came into harbour hii -Majesty's Ship Fisgard. • - Yesterday A Court Martial was held on board the MitAiiianiiite; on a Marine belonging to the Cygnet; for dps6rtion; and he `was" sentenced to 120 lashe4. JazirieLolT, , ..0y the • Jgbnesses the cOmmander In * Chief, and Duke Of IDGE,:attCrlded by the duatier ! .Master an dAdju an t-General, honoured the Junior Departments-.of the Royal Military College with their presence; they were-received by-the Go- Verbor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Commandants of both Departments, little alter ten o'clock, and coMmenced . by insping the Gentle Men Cadets iri their military, exercises, which they performed with , a steadiness andprecision very mtich to the satisfac tion of the Royal Visitors. The plans and drawings of the Senior Depart-' ments were then submitted to their Royal Highness'i inspe6tiOrt, Who proceeded through the different hAls of study, when theGentlemen.C a d ets were:extunin-, ed by their Professors in the various brancheS of science taught at the. Departments, of the whole at which their Royal Highnesses. were pleased td press the greatest a;prohation. An elegant cold col lation was provided on the occasion by the GO vernor after which their RoyaL'Highnesses visited the Gentlemen Cadets at dinner, and at four o'clock took their leave of an Institution that promises, tram' the effeas already produced; to be,a lasting berAc to his MAJESTY'S service. . . • Yesterda it Rf;, al,Hi .A Detachment Couti-Niartial was. held at• Exeter; on the 27th of OUober, on Quarter 7 Master Later, of the t3th Light D6goons, on the. following- Charges . 2 , • . ist.—" For negled?ng to make the proper entries'in the Register- Book ot the Troop. according as:they occurred, be;.. tween the periods pt'thc is . th dune, and 24th Sept. t Sog, al though.he tvag before 'particularly found fault whir and ad, inpnished by .his Captain for a similar tickled." id.—" For being fountrat an early hour in the morning of the 7th Ott. 18bS, by the ccittinel placed at the trout of the Officers' Barrack, beastly drunk; and lying in the 'open Bat. rack Yard, ineapable,of moving, until the said.centtnel was obliged to call tbr assistance to carry hiln.to his room, a l. though .he; the s:dd warier-master, was then on duty' as orderly Quarter-Master, and although orders. had ty.-Cn issued on the preceding evening for the troops to turn ourin fit:hi-day order on the following morning, thereby rendering..lninseit in capable,'or'unabre, to attend the duties oldie troop, or to his most impdhant and essential duty - of Forlgitt Qtiatter-Mas ter for that day." • -The Mart declared him' guilty of'botk Charges, and sentenced hi - rn.to •be.rednced to the situation of a Private Soldier, which sentence has been contirzu ed -byhis-Malesty. _ . A - General Court Martial was held, at the cape of Good Hope, on the 16th of . May last, on Liemenat:f John Clark, of the 93d Regiment, on'the follow ing charge : '; For behaving in a scandalous infamoils manner, unbe coming the character of an Olficer:and•a Gentlenfan,, in re peatedly striding Major Brown,, of the 93d. Regiment, his . superior Ufficer, in the Most viulent monner,- ittyt at th e same ±ina .using very opprobrious language to the said Mojia. Brown, when returning to his lodgings in the village of Stel lenbosch, on the evening of Thursday, the ith .flay, Tile Court declared Lieutenant Clark guilty, and adjudged him to be . dismissed from his Majesty's service. they -also declared, that they considered the condue of,Major Brown, the Prosecutor, de serving of the se‘)eiest censure. His Majesty has confirmed the sentence upon Lieutenant Clark, _and has direetrd an intimation to be given to . Major Brown, that he will be permitted to retire, receiving the regulated value of his commission. Lieut. Boaxt, of the 3d RegiMent of Dragoons., has engaged, for is wager of 250 guineas, to walk 70 miles in 70 succeeding hours. He commenced his labours at five o'clock on Monday morning The ground marked out for this pedestrian kat, is itr Vauxhak Gardens, near Birmingham. An alarming fire broke out yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, at the house bf Mr. Rotnain, the Northumberland Arms, Wells-street, Oxford -street,' Which completely destoyed the same; and damaged those contiguous. On Sunday a trove, freighted with grocery, &c. belonging to Owner Brown, of Tewkesbury,' was unfortunately sunk fn the Severn, near Berkley, anct five hands out of the six that were on beird pe-; rished. The latter end Of last week a honse belonging to a man of:the name of Wight, in Bagnio-court; Whitechapel,' was suffered to go into such a state of decay, that it fell, and shocking io relate, buried in its ruins a poor industrious woman, together with het infant. She was wife of a Mate of a Ship, and has left three tine children to lanient the loss of their kind dot her. Two other lodgers escaped with only a few bruises: On Wednesday nigl)t, as the watchman was going' . his rounds in Tottenham-court-road, he perceived', a woman sitting at the door of it house kept by Mrs.' PONS6NBIt, with a basket, which she left,'and ran oft. The • watchman followed her, and . took her back tn the house, when a child, about three Months' old, was discovered carefully wrapped up in the basket. The woman was securest, and tinned out to'' be in very wretched circumstances. She li‘edin re putable serVice previous to her lying-in. The ille-' gitimate child is taken care Of, and the mother is in' a frantic stale,.